Separate Meaning and Definition

Word: Separate

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Adjective

Definitions:

1. Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Example sentences: "This raises two separate issues"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Cause to move or be apart.

Example sentences: "Police were trying to separate two rioting mobs"

2. Divide or cause to divide into constituent or distinct elements.

Example sentences: "The milk had separated into curds and whey"

3. Make something form, or view something as, a unit apart or by itself.

Noun

Definitions:

1. Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or pants, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Example sentences: "Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers."

2. The self-contained, freestanding components of a sound-reproduction system.

3. Portions into which a soil, sediment, etc. can be sorted according to particle size, mineral composition, or other criteria.

Example sentences: "Analysis of mineral separates from six cordierite-bearing strata"

Synonyms:

individual

discrete

disunite

disjoin

disconnect

unlink

particular

specific

dissociate

dissever

disassociate

set apart

decouple

detach

uncouple

independent

autonomous

apart

detached

isolate

stand apart

segregate

insulate

sequester

break

sever

come apart

cut off

part

divorce

divide

split

compartmentalize

distribute

spread

disjoint

single

differentiate

distinguish

discriminate

discern

diverge

distinct

different

private

personal

certain

respective

sort

isolated

branch

compartment

disconnected

categorize

assort

classify

individually

sunder

peculiar

unique

unconnected

freestanding

break up

difference

Antonyms:

multiple

entire

dual

whole

variety

common

general

concurrent

collective

solid

unite

connect

attach

simultaneous

Derivations:

separation

separator

separatum

separatism

separatist

separated

separating

separative

separately

separable

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Separate in Other Languages...

Spanish: Separado

German: Separat

French: Séparé

Italian: Separato

Turkish: Ayrı